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49. You hit the nail on the head. /nt

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This argument about having paid your loans and so should everybody else [View all] drray23 Aug 2022 OP

First let me say this student loan forgiveness is a big wonderful idea. FalloutShelter Aug 2022 #1

again there are many things we take for granted drray23 Aug 2022 #3

Not so simple. That 'choice' often means giving up a career and opportunity. tinrobot Aug 2022 #21

I agree FalloutShelter Aug 2022 #24

For those of us who went to college in the 1970's Turbineguy Aug 2022 #2

Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2022 #5

Here, Here. I second that emotion BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #17

Exactly the increase in costs treestar Aug 2022 #19

I lived in California in the 70s. Education was king back in Walleye Aug 2022 #40

Thanks, well said Cozmo Aug 2022 #44

This. Voltaire2 Aug 2022 #60

If an unfair system stops being unfair, somebody's going to take it in the shorts gratuitous Aug 2022 #4

I went to college in the late '60s. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #6

Exactly. I graduated in 1995. When I started, tuition was $54 a credit hour. when I finished Ray Bruns Aug 2022 #18

Same here. MLAA Aug 2022 #34

When I graduated in 1969 Ocelot II Aug 2022 #38

Absolutely! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author elias7 Aug 2022 #7

Everybody does not get a "free ride." Ocelot II Aug 2022 #9

Student loans shouldn't exist. rownesheck Aug 2022 #8

In some countries it is, or nearly so. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #10

SOCIALISM!!! Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #14

Someone has to pay for it. The question is who should spooky3 Aug 2022 #36

Check out Norway: College students, even foreign ones, pay no tuition at all. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #56

If anyone should be aggrieved it's me. meadowlander Aug 2022 #11

It is certainly a faulty arguement Zeitghost Aug 2022 #12

there was extensive financial aid reform taken yesterday by Biden Celerity Aug 2022 #27

Yes Zeitghost Aug 2022 #35

You don't know that. Higher Ed is a competitive business. spooky3 Aug 2022 #41

It's econ 101 Zeitghost Aug 2022 #45

Please link to a study published in a top refereed journal spooky3 Aug 2022 #52

Do you have an Econlit account? Zeitghost Aug 2022 #57

I am glad to see money directed toward young people. We certainly left them with a screwed world. NNadir Aug 2022 #13

It's good for the economy, and hence good for everyone. Gore1FL Aug 2022 #15

How do those people feel about scholarships? Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #16

It is always better to give tax money to each other than to corporations & their investors. NullTuples Aug 2022 #20

Anyone that uses that argument just doesn't get the bigger picture. nt 2 Meow Momma Aug 2022 #22

People should pay back what they borrow. Demobrat Aug 2022 #23

The federal government took over student loans in 2010. former9thward Aug 2022 #33

A lot of students get loans at private banks. spooky3 Aug 2022 #43

Private loans (which are not covered by the new policies) Zeitghost Aug 2022 #46

I was responding to a poster who claimed that banks were spooky3 Aug 2022 #47

You can get loans from Mafia loan sharks too? former9thward Aug 2022 #51

Moving the goal posts again? Have a nice night. Nt spooky3 Aug 2022 #53

You have not addressed the central question. former9thward Aug 2022 #55

Why would anyone do that? former9thward Aug 2022 #48

That is a different question entirely. Nt spooky3 Aug 2022 #54

I paid mine. I support forgiveness and relief Sympthsical Aug 2022 #25

We forgot how much tuition has increased Farmer-Rick Aug 2022 #26

Yes, see #38. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #39

What "servicers"? former9thward Aug 2022 #50

Those loans were necessary because of cheap labor conservatism Warpy Aug 2022 #28

Goes back Bear Creek Aug 2022 #29

From what I see ... AncientOfDays Aug 2022 #31

Great line I saw the other day maxrandb Aug 2022 #32

You hit the nail on the head. /nt spudspud Aug 2022 #49

I'd say the interest could have been waived, but you must pay what you borrow AlexSFCA Aug 2022 #37

Much of what you suggest was also announced today Justice Aug 2022 #58

It's as bad as whining about "your tax dollars" going to schools when you got no kids nt. Pluvious Aug 2022 #42

I'm sure that those who are complaining have benefitted from another taxpayer funded windfall ecstatic Aug 2022 #59